Take a Look Inside the Mammogram Van [Video]

On a beautiful spring day in February, a large pink and blue recreational vehicle pulled into the parking lot of the Missouri Baptist Medical Center campus, located near interstates 270 and 64. It’s the end of another typical week.

A sign on the vehicle read “BJC HealthCare Mobile Mammography.”

Theresa Taylor is outreach coordinator for the Breast Health Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

“We take our mammography van all the way west,” said Taylor. “Outside of Columbia, Missouri. We go to Audrain County, north we cover up to Troy, south we go to Perry County, St. Genevieve, and to Fredericktown in Madison County.”

Missouri Baptist Mammography Coordinator Sherry Cotter leads us on a walking tour of the medical facilities, inside the R.V.

“I’m going to turn the machine around,” said Cotter. …